#insert your otp here

[cuepickle]

I love how people make up single post fic scenarios for their ship like “character one is working at a coffee shop. His manager yells at him every day until he cries. One day they run out receipt rolls during the morning rush and have to scramble to order more. The delivery gay arrives. It’s character two. He’s in the tightest Twinkie’s Amazon delivery driver outfit you’ve ever seen. They immediately bond over their horrible working conditions”

[hatsunevitu]

when you have an otp with stan marsh you begin to consider vomit as a romantic gesture

[tristansarchive]

Oh, I think you're holding The heart of mine Squeeze it apart That's fine Step On Me

[heatherfield]

I’m so excited to be writing again but I’m also wondering why I’m putting myself through Slow Burn Hell. 😂

Like, if you think it’s hard to read a slow burn, it’s just as hard if not much harder to write the slow burn.

[gemstonerose]

Imagine this scenario

*character A, continuing to fall in love with character B over time, but not admitting their feelings cause they treasure B’s friendship too much and doesn’t want to ruin that*

*while character B is also developing feeling for A, but refuses to tell them due to all the secrets they hold and unstable power running through their veins. B’s fear of hurting A accidentally outweighing their fears of being left alone*

B, injured, exhausted, and barely able to stand on their own two feet, not meeting A’s eyes: “I’ll hurt you.”

A, standing in front of B and gently holding their hands between them, knowing B is hiding things from them but doesn’t care: “You are worth any pain and heartache.”

[codenamesailordarillium]

"What can I say? I'm a romantic." She says as the person in the spacesuit proceeds to tell their spouse they hate them then go in for a smooch.

[steven-has-exploded]

saving all those " 'i hate you' is boring, 'insert other statement here' is more effective. it *could* happen." posts to use in arguments against other people on discord

[nottheweirdest]

Fanfic Writer Emoji Ask Game Part II

💖 Which of your fics is your pride and joy? 🎥 Pick a fic and I'll tell you the song I imagine playing during its movie trailer.

📝 How many words do you have posted?

🤩 What's the most meaningful comment you've ever received?

🔮What's your favorite plot twist you've ever written?

👄 Your OTP are having their first kiss. What song do you imagine is playing?

🎭What genre of writing comes easiest to you?

🙊Your coworkers or classmates stumble across one of your fics, but don't know you're the author. Do you fess up? Or keep quiet?

🙌What's a line or paragraph of yours that you're proud of?

🦉Is there another author that helped inspire you to write?

👶Fankids: How you do you feel about them? Would your OTP have kids?

🐗How do you handle trolls?

🟥How long do you spend in edits?

🏡What is your perfect writing envrionment?

💪What motivates you to write?

🚿Where do your best ideas seem to strike?

🌠What are your top three most commonly used tags on AO3?

💻What do you write your stories on? Laptop, phone, paper, etc.

🤔What are some words or phrases you find yourself overusing?

📕How do you feel about people printing your fics?

🤷‍♀️What's a fic you didn't expect to be popular, but really took off?

🍎What's something you learned while researching for a fic?

🥘What wip are you most excited about?

🦗Do you write in sequence or jump around?

👀 Would you ever accept requests or commissions?

😱What's your greatest fear as a fanfic writer?

☕Coffee or tea while you write?

📈Which are your top three most popular fics by bookmarks?

🎬One of your fics gets turned into a TV series. Which one is it and what network is it on?

🛌 What's a trope you haven't written, but want to?

🐸 If you incorporated your OTP into a Disney movie plot, which would it be?

👩‍🎓 Do you have an 'official' creative writing background such as a degree or previous experience publishing?

⏳If you could go back in time and tell your younger writer self something, what would it be?

💯 What rating do you write the most? Gen Audiences, Teen, Mature, or Explicit? How many fics at that rating do you have?

😁What makes you happiest? New fic comments, kudos, bookmarks, user subscribers, story subscribers, or Tumblr asks?

🐎 Would you ever do a medieval or pirate au?

👩‍🏫Pick a character and I'll tell you their favorite season and why.

🎵Do you make playlists for your fics?

🌷What's one of your fics that isn't as popular, but you hold dear?

❓Insert your own question here!

[jaypentaghast]

🐣 Whose fledgling would you rather be?

🚫 Which character would you NEVER allow near your neck?

🔪 Who do you want to kick the most whenever they are on screen?

🤝 If you were turned into a vampire, would you turn anyone you know to be your companion?

🍎 What food or drink would you miss the most?

🕶️ Would you like the ability to read people's mind?

⚰️ How would you feel about having to sleep in a coffin?

❤️ What's your OTP?

🧨 Rank the IWTV ships from most to least favourite.

♟️ Do you have any headcanons for [insert character/ship here]?

🤡 Favourite headcanon of your favourite character.

🎶 What's a song that reminds you of your favourite character/ship from the show?

🎧 Do you have any IWTV playlists?

📜 Favourite post season 2 fic.

📱 Top three fanfics of your favourite ship.

🔞 Recommend an E rated fanfic!

📢 Three other vampire-related media you recommend.

🖼️ Share an IWTV meme with the class.

🦇 Favourite scene from Season 1.

🧛 Favourite scene from Season 2.

🎭 What's a scene that really shocked you that maybe didn't shock other people as much?

👄 Which character has your favourite line in the show?

🗿 Is there a line or scene that made you laugh out loud?

💡 Tell us one of your theories!

🎬 Do you have any wild theories for the upcoming season?

⌛ What character are you most excited to see? (New or not)

🎤 What genre of music would you like to hear from Lestat?

🎥 How do you believe Lestat is going to tell his story next season? (ex, his own interview, a book, a podcast, etc)

[spahhzy]

Jaune, yawning: I'm gonna take a nap.

Remnant system: You can not go to sleep with enemies nearby.

Jaune: 🤬 Where!? Who!?

-

Jaune ready to go out on a date, much to the ir of people who shall not be named.

Jaune: Alright, I'm going out on my date!

Jaune steps out the door.

Remnant system: This action will have consequences.

Jaune: Dates canceled...it's uhm... raining.

-

In the EverAfter.

Curious Cat: Hey Jaune, I'm curious to know more stories about you blah blah blah.

Jaune: ...

EverAfter system: Pet Juniper to reduce insanity meter.

Juniper: 🐰

-

Jaune: I guess I'm having a sleepover with *insert OTP here*

Remnant: This is your last chance to upgrade gear and weapons before the end of the story.

Jaune: *gulps*

[versegm]

Anyways if you're the kind of person who often bemoan "man I sure do wish there were more art of (my otp/my blorbo/my ocs/insert thing here) but I don't/can't do it myself" this is your gentle reminder that you can, in fact, pay people cash money to do it for you.

[lampmeeting]

IT'S ABOUT THAT TIME, Y'ALL!! 👀

What is Kloktober?: An incredibly zazzy event taking place in October where we celebrate all things Metalocalypse. There’s a prompt for every day of the month to interpret as you see fit! Draw, write, paint, cosplay, make memes - all forms of participation are welcome!

How do I participate?: Make your totally brutal creation inspired by the day’s prompt and post it using the tag #kloktober2023 - it’s just that simple! Post it here, post it to Instagram, post it to AO3, post it to Twitter, wherever, go nuts!

Am I allowed to–YUP, ANYTHING GOES! There are no wrong answers during Kloktober! :D Your interpretation of a prompt is VALID. If you only want to do a few days, that’s VALID. Don’t burn yourself out, this is for fun! (Even I won’t be doing all of them, so don’t stress!)

What if I haven't seen the movie yet? No worries! If there's a prompt that doesn't suit you, please feel free to reach back in time and choose a prompt from a previous year's Kloktober (2022, 2021, or 2020). And as always, if you have any questions about anything, hit me up!

(plain-text list of prompts below the cut)

1. favorite character or OTP

2. favorite AOTD scene

3. Mordhaus Costume Ball

4. your fave headcanon

5. Abigail Appreciation Day

6. comedy or tragedy

7. missing AOTD scene?

8. mermaids or monsters

9. inspired by Dethalbum IV

10. came back Different

11. horror movie crossover

12. your favorite villain

13. nightmares or visions

14. use a fall food or drink

15. Dethklok on vacation

16. In Memorium: honor the fallen

17. give someone a brand new look

18. inspired by a metal song

19. inspired by an UN-metal song

20. original character or self-insert

21. Dethstaff gets a day off

22. sea horror or cosmic horror

23. use a character new to you

24. novel or video game crossover

25. campfire or left in the cold

26. pick a tarot card for inspiration

27. old fears or new understandings

28. use Brendon Small in some way

29. so what happens after AOTD?

30. HALLOWEEN!!!

31. YOUR choice!

[lonelyroommp3]

*please read the explanations below the poll options before voting*

was thinking about this on my coach home and naturally had to make it into an overcomplicated poll

explanations, disclaimers, etc. under the cut:

until tumblr enables polls with infinite options there is no way for me to account for the entire breadth of human experience here. the categories provided and the examples thereof will not be, and are not intended to be, exhaustive. if you can't find the exact thing you do listed here or you think it falls into more than one category then please use your best judgement to select whatever answer is closest. only choose "something else not covered here" if there is actually nothing even close to what you do listed in the poll (and please elaborate in the tags if this is the case! i'm curious)

i really wanted to include "guy running alongside the moving vehicle you are in" but ran out of options. sorry

if you feel you do two or more of these things in equal measure just pick whatever one answer you want based on vibes

music video: anything you imagine as a standalone, prerecorded visual to accompany the music. this may feature musical performance elements, dance, a narrative, or any combination of the above. if you're imagining your little scene as if it's intended to be viewed on MTV, youtube, etc as the official visual complement to the music, it probably comes under this category

a music video mainly featuring somebody else: this could be you, your blorbos, your self insert OC, another artist you'd like to see cover the song, random actors/celebrities you would cast in the video, etc. whether they are performing the song within the video or not. if the bulk of the "running time" of your daydream is taken up by people who aren't the artist who originally performs the version of the song you're listening to, pick this one

a live performance: this could be in concert (whether a concert version that already exists e.g. imagining taylor swift's eras tour staging when you hear cruel summer, or a version you would like to see), at karaoke, at an open mic night, your acoustic cover that goes viral when you post it on youtube, busking on the street, performing to the other passengers on the bus, etc. could apply to dance as well as singing/music!

a diegetic use in narrative context: imagining the song being performed as a musical number by people in a story that exists beyond the scope of this one song in order to accompany or advance said story. this might be imagining the song being performed as one of many musical numbers in a stage or movie musical, or it could be a performance that takes place in universe (like the performances in glee, or scott pilgrim vs the world)

non diegetic narrative use: imagining the song as the soundtrack to a scene in a story that exists beyond the scope of this one song, but it is not being played/performed/heard by the people within the scene. for example, you imagine a fight scene in a movie taking place to this song, or perhaps it would play in the background during your OTP's first kiss if your favourite fanfiction was adapted into a netflix original tv series.

AMV/edit: a video compilation of existing* scenes from a piece of media, put together by a fan and set to music. (*existing might be taken loosely; e.g. you might be imagining an AMV of scenes from a book with no actual visual media adaptation. the main distinction is that here you are imagining the actual editing process of splicing scenes together as a fan project, as opposed to the music accompanying one continuous scene or sequence of scenes - which would come under "non diegetic narrative use" - or the clips being intended as the official visual accompaniment to a song, which would come under "music video".)

an abstract or lyric based visualiser: 2000s core windows media player visuals, a lyric video, anything that focuses more on objects, scenery, abstract patterns, words moreso than People/Fictional Characters/Animals/etc Doing Things To Music

[spshipstats]

Are you curious about what South Park ships other people in the fandom know about and how they feel about them?

I've been thinking a lot about how varied the SP fandom's shipping culture is, so I made this! It's a survey containing every single SP ship I've seen in art, or fic, or just heard people talking about (every single ship between the kids, that is). If you have the time, please help me by taking and sharing the survey! I'll be posting results from time to time on this blog.

Additional information below the cut, but feel free to contact this blog if you have any further questions.

Anticipatory FAQs

Is this anonymous?

Yes. There is no place you’re asked to give your name/username, this survey is not collecting emails, and you don’t even have to sign into Google to do it. It’s totally anonymous so please answer as truthfully as you’d like.

What’s this for? / Why are you doing this?

The pursuit of knowledge! South Park is such a huge fandom with so many ships and the fandom's opinion and knowledge have shifted dramatically over the years. I just want to see where it’s at right now. Also I like procrastinating real world responsibilities by making consequenceless projects for myself.

Why are the ships listed in the order that they are?

When writing this all out, I wrote down individual characters and the ships they’re a part of. I started with Stan (arguably the main character of the show) and then went from there. When a character didn’t have a ton of ships by themself, I grouped them with other characters. The ships were inserted into the survey alphabetically but I’ve set the survey to randomize the question order so there’s as little bias as possible.

“OP how dare you not include [insert your OTP I didn’t include here]”

My deepest apologies for forgetting a pairing. I did my best to think up every single ship I’ve ever seen included in fics or depicted in fanart or discussed by people. There is a final question where you may make me aware of one (1) ship you didn’t see. This survey is already a behemoth though, so I don’t think I’ll go back and insert any additional pairings unless a lot of people suggest one particular ship. Same thing for any poly ships and ships between the South Park parents/adults (the latter may get its own poll if I find the inspiration).

Can I post this to [other social media sites/Discord group chats /anywhere]?

Please do! Getting accurate results for a survey like this requires a large crowd. I actively encourage and ask you to please share this with your friends and followers wherever you can. You could even pretend you made the survey for whatever twisted reason. I don’t care, I’ll still get the data I want.

[hekateinhell]

vampire chronicles ask game, part deux!

*askers please don't forget to specify a character/ship when the question calls for it! 🥹

🔍 quick, what's a random vc fact that you think fandom doesn't talk about enough?

❤️‍🔥 describe your favorite ship using only 5 emojis!

📝 please give me a silly, serious, or smutty headcanon for [insert character/ship]

🧅 title of your favorite vc book but make it sound like a headline from The Onion

🗺️ a location or time period you would have loved to see the main characters in that wasn't featured in canon?

🦇 fic rec time! link me to one of your favorite vc fics + tell me why you enjoyed it!

💫 genderswap [insert character]! what changes? what stays the same?

👓 aside from daniel's glasses and long-hair louis, what's something you forget is fanon and not actual canon?

🪞is there anything about your favorite character that reminds you of yourself? if so, what?

🎨 a favorite fan art of your OTP

🚨 what do you think is the best and worst thing [insert character] ever did?

🗿 give us the rundown on how you got here! which was the first vc book you ever read? what made you decide to seek out vc fandom on tumblr?

🎸 a song that reminds you of [insert character/ship]

✅ in your humble opinion, what's something anne rice got absolutely right?

[anthurak]

3. Have you ever unfollowed someone over a fandom opinion?

4.Do you have a NoTP in your fandom? Are they a popular OTP?*

Hazbin/Helluva Salty Ask game

(Link to Ask List)

For the first question, sadly yes. It was someone I'd been following for quite some time, since the heyday of Steven Universe. But then they turned out to be really big on the Vivzie/Hazbin/Helluva hate and I promptly unfollowed them.

As far as NoTPs go in the Hellaverse, the big one for me is definitely Charlastor. For me that ship was and is the perfect storm of uncomfortable and insufferable 'wanking the overrated tumblr sexyman'. Like you know that post I did a while back on how 'the biggest lie that Alastor ever pulled was convincing all of Hell and tumblr that he’s NOT actually the biggest petty, insecure goober with an ego comprised of wet-tissue paper, etc. etc.'? Yeah, the 'tumblr' part of that is focus SQUARELY on this ship.

And I am VERY happy to have seen it's popularity dwindle since the release of Season 1. Like I might think RadioApple is overrated, but I consider it FAR preferable over Charlastor.

On the Helluva side of things, I would actually say the INVERSE of the question is the one with the more interesting/spicy answer.

But as far as 'fandom OTP that I consider a NoTP', it's not quite a full-blown fandom OTP, but I'll say 'Moxxie/any-lady-that-isn't-Mille'. Simply because many of them (especially Loona/Moxxie) kind of REEK of that same trend we see with Jaune where the ship is basically 'I want to fantasize about having sex with this pretty girl but am too lazy to come up with my OC so I'll just awkwardly crowbar this character I find 'relatable' into a generic self-insert mold'. Like here's a fun game; find any Moxxie/pretty-girl-that-isn't-Millie fic and check if it ignores his bisexuality.